The things you thought "that will never be me" when you started the hobby

bar|none · Oct 25, 2019

So when I was researching to get started in this hobby, I binged on a lot of videos and this forum.

There were many moments when I was like..."that I will not do".."that will not be me."

I'll start...

Seeing all the chemicals for dosing and fish food choices and crazy assortment of stuff including test kits needed. I thought, I am not doing that ever....yeah well I am. I have a huge collection of stuff that I try to hide and it keeps growing.

Mical · Oct 25, 2019

LOL, I can't count the number of things when I first got addicted that I said "I'll never get to that point". WRONG! My original intention was a nice looking mixed reef tank - now it's two tanks, controllers, cameras, auto feeders, ATOs special feedings for anemones & the list grows...

Dvanlier05 · Oct 25, 2019

I didn't get SPS corals when I first started in the hobby. Now I have a SPS dominant system with high end acros. Never say never

fish farmer · Oct 25, 2019

I'm running GFO...

ReefHomieJon · Oct 25, 2019

fish farmer said:
I'm running GFO...

lol me too but hey whatever keeps the reef happy

bar|none · Oct 25, 2019

gah...quarantine tank. seriously?

Daniel@R2R · Oct 25, 2019

When I first started, I thought I would never buy name brand anything. ;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious I have since realized how not only naive, but foolish that decision would be. Invest in quality equipment, y'all!

KrisReef · Oct 25, 2019

Never hang out on fish or coral web sites. Ever!

tripdad · Oct 25, 2019

I will never plan my 1 day off around a fish store crawl, yeah right! Been there and done that.

KayKaytn · Oct 25, 2019

I'll never dose; I'll just get by on weekly water changes. II'll never be able to keep acros. I'll never have a quarantine tank ... Yeah sure.

Crabs McJones · Oct 25, 2019

Sps. I never thought I would keep sps corals. When I first started I wanted soft corals and maybe a few lps with fish and live rock and that was it.

Daniel@R2R · Oct 25, 2019

tripdad said:
I will never plan my 1 day off around a fish store crawl, yeah right! Been there and done that.

ME TOO!

ca1ore · Oct 25, 2019

My sig over on RC is ....got back into the hobby ... planned to keep it simple .... yeah, right ... clearly I need a new plan ....

Hermie · Oct 25, 2019

Nothing really to be honest... I make such slow changes to my tank that I guess I haven't had time to "reverse" course yet.

Maybe if I ever do bare bottom that'd count as a reversal...

vetteguy53081 · Oct 25, 2019

Told myself a 300 gallon would be my dream tank. Now ive more than doubled that and wish I had gotten bigger (like a 1200 gallon )

Daniel@R2R · Oct 29, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Told myself a 300 gallon would be my dream tank. Now ive more than doubled that and wish I had gotten bigger (like a 1200 gallon )

Yeah, at first I said there was no way I'd go big...then I got a 180-gallon reef! Haha!

andrewkw · Oct 29, 2019

Never say never!

lonelyfloat · Oct 29, 2019

Stony corals. Especially SPS.
When I first got my 75, I planned to go easy softies, then turn the tank into a cuttlefish tank. Then, I fell in love with micro lords and decided to do easy LPS and softies. That was the plan until I fell in love with chalice. So I got a chalice. Later, in August I got obsessed with looking at RFA’s and got one of them(looking to get more later)and THEN in September, I decided I had to have a clam. Sadly, the squamosa clam I got died(curse you DD) and I eventually got an Acropora. That leaves me to where I am now, searching for the right centerpiece coral for my tank.

New&no clue · Nov 22, 2019

I'll never buy an expensive coral.

I'll never put fake plastic decorations in the tank.

I'll never get a RFA they are ugly.

I can get buy with API test kits I don't need the expensive ones.

I'll never skip quarantining a fish.

I'll buy what I want the first time around so I don't have to upgrade.